The Pretenders - I'll Stand By You - YouTube The Pretenders - I'll Stand By You Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Apr 1, 2012 Another long time requested song by alecsmiguel back from my previous account "monsterlyinlove"... pls. enjoy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I'll Stand by You" is a 1994 song recorded by The Pretenders from their sixth studio album, Last of the Independents. Written by Chrissie Hynde in collaboration with the songwriting team of Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg (who used the melody from Johann Sebastian Bach's Minuet for Lovers), it was the Pretenders' most recent significant hit single, and their last successful single in North America. The song is a power ballad that pledges love and faithful assistance in times of personal darkness.

Since its initial release, "I'll Stand by You" has also become a major hit for British girl group Girls Aloud in 2004 and Carrie Underwood in 2007, both times recorded as a charity single. "I'll Stand by You" was released as the second single from the album Last of the Independents in 1994, and it reached number 16 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the top 30 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 10 in the United Kingdom. It charted higher in the UK and the U.S. than "Night in My Veins", the album's first single. The "I'll Stand by You" music video was released in 1994 and features Chrissie Hynde caring for an ill man. The song is available in the form of DLC for the Xbox 360 Game Lips. Since 2010 the song has been used in an appeal advert for the NSPCC.

Category I'LL STAND BY YOU (Lyrics) - THE PRETENDERS - YouTube I'LL STAND BY YOU (Lyrics) - THE PRETENDERS Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video? Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Jun 15, 2012 "I'll Stand by You" is a 1994 song recorded by The Pretenders from their sixth studio album, Last of the Independents. Written by Chrissie Hynde in collaboration with the songwriting team of Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg (who used the melody from Johann Sebastian Bach's Minuet for Lovers[citation needed]), it was the Pretenders' most recent significant hit single,[citation needed] and their last successful single in North America. The song is a power ballad that pledges love and faithful assistance in times of personal darkness.

Since its initial release, "I'll Stand by You" has also become a major hit for British girl group Girls Aloud in 2004 and Carrie Underwood in 2007, both times recorded as a charity single. For additional text, please visit; Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Standard YouTube License Music The Pretenders - I'll Stand By You (music video) - [f80b8373b] The Pretenders - I'll Stand By You Description buy "I'll Stand by You" is a 1994 song recorded by The Pretenders from their sixth studio album, Last of the Independents. It was written by Chrissie Hynde in collaboration with the songwriting team of Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg. It was the Pretenders' last successful single in North America. The song is a power ballad that pledges love and faithful assistance in times of personal darkness. Since its initial release, "I'll Stand by You" has also become a major hit for British girl group Girls Aloud in 2004 and Carrie Underwood in 2007, both times recorded as a charity single.

Tags: I'll Stand By You by Pretenders Songfacts Songfacts Chrissie Hynde wrote this with Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg, who have written many hit songs, including " True Colors ," " Eternal Flame " and " Like A Virgin ." Steinberg told us how they met: "Tom and I never had a publisher, we both published ourselves. Jason Dauman was somebody who, for a commission, was willing to provide some of the service that a publisher would. He once said to me, 'Who would you like to collaborate with?' and it was sort of an annoyance to me. I didn't take him all that seriously, but almost facetiously I said, 'Prince, Bruce Springsteen and Chrissie Hynde.' I said those names because they were three of my favorite songwriters and he sort of took it seriously.

He went off and I just thought, 'Well I got rid of him, didn't I.' Then a little while later he called me up and he said, 'Chrissie Hynde wants to write with you and Tom,' and I thought, 'Right.' So anyway, I get a phone call and this woman said, 'Billy, this is Chrissie Hynde,' and I thought somebody was playing with me or something. I couldn't imagine it, but then in a minute it was quite clear that Chrissie was on the other end of the telephone. Chrissie is a very complicated person, a very no-nonsense person especially when she doesn't know you. She was a little intimidating on the phone. The butterflies in my stomach were fluttering so much I could barely speak because I love The Pretenders. She said she'd like to get together and write some songs with Tom and me, and I went, 'Woo Hoo!' She came to Los Angeles and she was so determined. She said, 'I want to write a hit.' Over a period of about two weeks Tom and I wrote a handful of songs with her.

The first one we wrote together was called 'Love Colors Everything.' Then we wrote ' Night In My Veins ' which was also a hit single, and we wrote '977,' 'Hollywood Perfume' and 'I'll Stand By You'." Ben E. King's song " Stand By Me " was a big influence on this. Steinberg: "'I'll Stand By You,' like the other hits that Tom and I wrote, started out as a lyric that I had in a notebook. I had the title and the chorus lyric. Chrissie is a very, very strong songwriter in her own right. She's very ruthless, she would get out her pen or her pencil and I remember I was fascinated the way she would write in the notebook because she wouldn't write on the lines. I use a Mont Blanc fountain pen and I tend to write kind of neatly. She would just scribble across pages. Very few lines would fit on a page and they wouldn't stay on the line. I remember she would just take a pen and she would cross out any lines I had written that she didn't like, and usually the lines that she didn't like would be ones that were too tender or too poetic.

She would toughen up stuff I'd written. On 'I'll Stand By You' she added lines and changed lines." This was written based on the piano. Tom Kelly played the piano on the record. Steinberg: "I remember when we wrote it I felt two things: I felt one, we had written a hit song and I felt two, a little sheepish that we had written something a little soft, a little generic for The Pretenders. Whereas 'Night In My Veins' really felt like a great Pretenders rocker, 'I'll Stand By You' felt a little generic. I know that Chrissie felt that way too to some extent. I don't think she really entirely embraced it to begin with, but she certainly does now because when she plays it live, it's one of the songs that gets the strongest response. It's done really well for her and for us." (Check out our Billy Steinberg interview .) This song has returned to both the UK & US charts with different cover versions. In 2004 Girls Aloud achieved their second UK #1 with their version recorded for the annual BBC Children In Need charity telethon.

Girl Aloud Sarah Harding explained in 1000 UK #1 Hits by Jon Kutner & Spencer Leigh that the fivesome "were drawn to the lyrics straight away, we've all been in situations where we have needed someone or been there for someone." In 2007 Carrie Underwood achieved the highest chart entry by an Idol contestant for a song never performed on the show in competition, when her version debuted in the Hot 100 at #6. Her record has since been taken by David Archuleta, whose single " Crush " flew straight into the US singles chart at #2. Hynde admitted to Mojo feeling slightly disgusted after writing the tune. "When I did that song, I thought, Urgh this is s--t. But then I played it for a couple of girls who weren't in the business and by the end of it they were both in tears.

I said, OK, put it out." Renowned for Sound | Album Review: Girls Aloud – Ten Album Review: Girls Aloud – Ten Published On November 23, 2012 | By Brendon Veevers | Albums There had been a lot of speculation prior to the recent announcement that Girls Aloud were to be getting back together to celebrate the quartets ten years as a unit. The announcement came to many as a bit of a shock given the stories we have all heard circulating in the pop world that the five-some could barely stand being in the same room as each other let along taking to the road and doing all of the promotional work that a re-union involves. On top of that, Cheryl seems to be doing quite well for herself as a solo artist and given that her recent solo release A Million Lights is still warm on the shelves, it seemed – at least for now – to be an idea not even worth entertaining.

Thankfully it was all a front and the girls return this month with the release of a greatest hits collection and the announcement that they will be taking to the stages of the country’s largest arenas once again for a ten year anniversary tour that will begin in Cheryl’s hometown of Newcastle and will also include 3 dates at London’s O2 Arena. Working alongside the groups iconic hit-making production team Xenomania, Nadine, Cheryl, Kimberley, Sarah and Nicola returned to the recording studio to revisit the long string of hits that the girl group have let loose on the airwaves over this past decade. The track listing of Ten reads like the perfect retrospective for one of the UK’s most treasured pop outfits and comes in both a single disc and double disc set, the latter containing various singles as well as some of the groups favorite unreleased recordings. Everything that we expect from a greatest hits package is found on this record, spanning each of the groups 5 studio albums. Ten is the ultimate hits compilation combining the successes of the past ten years with four brand new tracks. Of the new recordings the group chose the appropriately titled album opener Something New to lead the way and usher in the quartets return to the pop scene.

Effortlessly vibrant and every bit the Girls Aloud brilliance that we have come to love about this group, the single is up-tempo, camp coated and fun and much like the groups previous hits, allows each set of vocals to really shine. Number ones are dotted throughout the track listing with the up-beat and 50’s inspired love song, The Promise. A favorite among fans, the song secured the girls with their first, and well overdue, Brit Award in 2009 for best single. I’ll Stand By You, a cover of The Pretenders 1994 hit and Girls Aloud’s 2004 Children In Need charity single, finds a nesting place on the record along with Call The Shots, easily one of the greatest pop songs ever written. Another ballad, the Pet Shop Boys co-written gem The Loving Kind is also included on the collection. The single, the follow up to The Promise, is a touching and vulnerable ballad and features some of the best production work heard throughout their ten years together.

With ballads easily finding their place on the record the track listing is balanced out nicely with the high-octane dance floor smashes that have made us fall in love with Girls Aloud time and time again. Among them is of course Love Machine and The Show. Both tongue-in-cheek pop monsters from the group’s 2004 What Will The Neighbors Say? studio effort, the tracks are a pair of the acts most recognized hits and both exhilarating power pop nuggets. These tracks sit comfortably beside some of the groups more recent up-tempo releases including the incredible Something Kinda Ooooh, Can’t Speak French and Sexy! No No No… easily filling the centre of Disc 1 to the brim with power pop bliss. The oldies, if you can call them that, end the first record with the guitar riff driven No Good Advice and their debut single Sound of the Underground before we are given a dose of what the girls have recently been working on with 3 further new tracks – On The Metro, Beautiful ‘Cause You Love Me and Every Now And Then. On The Metro sees the girls dabble in high energy trance in this up-tempo and blood pumping dance-floor monster.

The vocals propel the girls through a track containing the most intense instrumentation heard on a Girls Aloud song since Something Kind Oooh. Beautiful ‘Cause You Love Me is a tender ballad that holds up well within the more upbeat pop pennings on the record and continues to show off the groups versatility as a collective and their ability to turn out infectious club floor fillers as well as vulnerable and moving ballads like this one. Though it may not be as timeless as some of the groups previous ballads such as The Loving Kind and Call The Shots, it is a superb addition to their phenomenal catalogue. Ending the record with Every Now And Then we are offered another energetic pop gem. It’s Girls Aloud doing what they do best with a meaty, busy piece of pop confectionery that plays the cherry on the top for this fantastic collection. For anyone considering going out and getting this record (and you should be!), the Deluxe Edition of the release is well worth the extra couple of quid.

Disc 2 contains some of the girls’ favorite unreleased tracks like Black Jacks and Girl Overboard, both from the groups 2007 Tangled Up release as well as Graffiti My Soul which was a song not only originally written for US pop superstar Britney Spears but was also expected to be the groups final single from their What Will The Neighbors Say? release. Wake Me Up has been included on the second disc which we found rather surprising as this was a big song for the group and one of their finest releases so we were hoping for it to be included on both formats. Over the course of ten years Girls Aloud have achieved a string of twenty consecutive top ten singles including four number ones and that alone sets this collection up for being a cracker of a greatest hits. With such a hit-making machine like Xenomania firmly behind each of the bands enormous and career defining musical moments, Girls Aloud have become a staple in British pop culture and will always be regarded as one of the greatest pop units in UK history and this new collection just adds further evidence of why that is. A perfect collection for one of pop music’s most treasured acts.

Music Video: Cheryl – ‘Only Human’ (acoustic version) About The Author Brendon Veevers ::: RenownedForSound.com's Editor and Founder - Interviewing and reviewing the best in new music and globally recognized artists is his passion. Over the years he has been lucky enough to review thousands of music releases and concerts and interview artists ranging from top selling superstars like 27-time Grammy Award winner Alison Krauss, Boyz II Men, Roxette, Cyndi Lauper, Lisa Loeb and iconic Eagles front man/songwriter, Glenn Frey through to more recent successes including Newton Faulkner, Janelle Monae and Caro Emerald. Brendon manages and coordinates the amazing team of writers on RenownedForSound.com who are based in the UK, the U.S and Australia. I'll Stand by You | Pretenders | Wiltern Theatre | 2003 | Rock Peaks I'll Stand by You MISSING VIDEO.

Missing Since: 2008 12-10 Reason: Not Online Yet Checking for Matches… 20 hours 47 min ago Read the original article on Wikipedia I'll Stand by You on Wikipedia "I'll Stand by You" from the album Last of the Independents B-side Ian Stanley The Pretenders singles chronology "I'll Stand by You" is a 1994 song recorded by The Pretenders from their sixth studio album, Last of the Independents. It was written by Chrissie Hynde in collaboration with the songwriting team of Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg. It was the Pretenders' last successful single in North America. The song is a power ballad that pledges love and faithful assistance in times of personal darkness. Since its initial release, "I'll Stand by You" has also become a major hit for British girl group Girls Aloud in 2004 and Carrie Underwood in 2007, both times recorded as a charity single.

Contents 1.1.2 End of year charts 1.1.3 Personnel 2.6 Track listings and formats 2.7 Personnel 7 External links The Pretenders original "I'll Stand by You" was released as the second single from the album Last of the Independents in 1994, and it reached number 16 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, the top 30 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 10 in the United Kingdom. It charted higher in the UK and the U.S. than "Night in My Veins", the album's first single. The music video for "I'll Stand by You" was released in 1994 and features Chrissie Hynde caring for an ill man.[citation needed]. It was later featured in the pilot episode of Dawson's Creek.[1] Since 2010 the song has been used in an appeal advert for the NSPCC.[citation needed] Personnel from the album What Will the Neighbours Say?

B-side Xenomania Girls Aloud singles chronology In 2004, the British all-female pop group Girls Aloud recorded a cover of "I'll Stand by You" as the official Children in Need charity single. Their version was produced by Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania. The track was announced a single just ten days before its 15 November 2004 release. It became Girls Aloud's second number one on the UK Singles Chart, spending two weeks at the top position and receiving a silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry. The song appears on Girls Aloud's second studio album What Will the Neighbours Say? (2004). The music video, directed by Trudy Bellinger, saw Girls Aloud stranded in a desert as they "stand by" each other. "I'll Stand by You" was promoted through various live appearances and has since been performed on a number of the group's concert tours. Despite its success, Girls Aloud's cover of the song was largely panned by contemporary music critics.

Background and release The first version of "I'll Stand by You" that Xenomania created was described as a "weird, modernist breakbeat version", which was scrapped upon deciding an updated version of the original song would be better suited for Children in Need.[3] The track's release was announced a single just ten days before its release date.[4] Nicola Roberts said, "Hopefully if our single does well it's a lot of money going to the charity."[4] The single was released on 15 November 2004 in the UK, the week of the Children in Need 2004 telethon. It was available on two different CD singles. The first disc includes "Real Life", a song taken from Girls Aloud's second album What Will the Neighbours Say?. The second CD format featured a medley of songs taken from the album, as well as the Tony Lamezma's Club Romp remix of the track. The Gravitas Vocal Dub Mix Edit of "I'll Stand by You" appears on the "Wake Me Up" single.

In order to promote the release, Girls Aloud toured radio stations across the United Kingdom and performed an acoustic arrangement of "I'll Stand by You" that they arranged themselves.[3] They also visited children's hospitals.[4] Critical reception Girls Aloud's version of "I'll Stand By You" was not well received by most contemporary music critics.

It was called "a particular soggy area" on Girls Aloud's album.[5] Alexis Petridis of The Guardian, who praised Girls Aloud's album, said that "I'll Stand by You" was "a thing of death-dealing tedium."[6] BBC Music felt it was "arguable whether this cover adds much to the Pretenders' original."[7] Sam Shepherd of musicOMH bluntly stated "perhaps the children most in need, are those that part with their pocket money for this drivel [...] This is a sub-karaoke version, limp, tired, and uninspired."[8] However, Stylus Magazine actually commended the song, comparing it to Shakespears Sister and calling it "far, far better than anyone gives it credit for."[9] Chart performance "I'll Stand by You" debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart on 21 November 2004, becoming Girls Aloud's second single to do so.[10] Despite competition from four new top ten entries, the song also remained at the top for a second week.[11] It slipped to number four in its third week, making way for Band Aid 20's take on "Do They

 Know It's Christmas?".[12] Girls Aloud spent a fourth week in the top five.[13] The single spent two further weeks in the top ten, holding on at number nine.[14] Overall, "I'll Stand by You" spent fourteen weeks in the top 75, including nine weeks in the top forty.[14][15] The single was ranked thirty-fourth on the year-end chart (see 2004 in British music).

It was certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry.[16] The song entered the Irish Singles Chart at number four.[17] It spent a second week at number four,[18] before rising to number three.[19] It spent three more consecutive weeks at number three.[20][21][22] It then slipped back down to number four,[23] and spent two more weeks in the top five.[24][25] Music video The video for Girls Aloud's version of "I'll Stand by You" was directed by Trudy Bellinger.[26] It begins with each member of the group lying or sitting motionless in a parched desert. At the song's climax, a thunderstorm begins, and the members of Girls Aloud come together and stand in a circle. A special Children in Need version of the video depicts the group members holding "Pudsey" teddy bears, the mascot of the organisation, towards the end of the video.

Live performances Girls Aloud toured radio stations across the United Kingdom and performed an acoustic arrangement of "I'll Stand by You" that they arranged themselves.[3] As the charity's official single of the year, the song was showcased as the Children in Need 2004 telethon. They also performed the song on television programmes such as Blue Peter, CD:UK, Countdown, Diggin' It, GMTV, Ministry of Mayhem, Popbusters, Top of the Pops, and Xchange. In 2005, Girls Aloud performed "I'll Stand by You" at Dublin's ChildLine Concert and on the TV show All Time Greatest Love Songs. In 2006, they performed the song on Australia's Sunrise. The group also performed the cover version on their 2005 MTV special (as seen on the Girls on Film DVD) and ITV1's The Girls Aloud Party (2008). "I'll Stand by You" has been performed by Girls Aloud on most of their concert tours. For 2005's What Will the Neighbours Say? Live, Girls Aloud's first tour, they sang the song in colourful, simple evening gowns.

It was also included on 2006's Chemistry Tour and 2007's The Sound of Girls Aloud: The Greatest Hits Tour. "I'll Stand by You" was included on a ballad section on 2008's Tangled Up Tour, in which Girls Aloud walk along a catwalk which reaches the middle of the crowd. Track listings and formats These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "I'll Stand by You". Personnel 3:31 Carrie Underwood singles chronology "I'll Stand by You" was covered in 2007 by Carrie Underwood as a charity single, recorded for the show Idol Gives Back which aired on April 25, 2007. Carrie Underwood performed the song during her visit to Africa, which was used as soundtrack for a video vignette, where Underwood is seen singing to children and doing different activities with them. The single and the video were released on the U.S. iTunes Store on April 26, 2007. Ryan Seacrest announced that all money made on digital downloads would be donated to charity to help millions of poor children at the time.

On its first few days of release, the song sold 124,496 digital downloads,[30] prompting a debut on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 at number six,[31] Underwood's highest Hot 100 position since her 2005 debut single "Inside Your Heaven", which debuted at number one. It was eventually removed from iTunes, leading the single to have one of the biggest falls in Hot 100 history. The single collected over 300,000 digital downloads in the time period it was available for download. As announced, all profits from the sale of the single were donated to charity. The single also received unsolicited airplay on U.S. country music radio stations, despite not being officially released to country radio. Underwood performed the song on the American Idol Season Six Finale on May 23, 2007. Music video The music video was filmed in Africa. Underwood is seen singing to young children and helping them with different art projects, such as painting. At one point in the video, she is seen walking into a cemetery with a girl on her arms, and a boy by her hand who is carrying flowers.

Underwood is also seen crying towards the end of the video, when she is helping an ill person. This music video was made available for download on the U.S. iTunes Store. Chart positions A Charted from unsolicited airplay. Shakira version Label MTV "I'll Stand by You" is a cover in 2010 by the Colombian singer Shakira as a promotional charity single for the Hope for Haiti Now campaign[35] and was released on 23 January 2010, in the wake of the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake. Recorded live on the charity telethon Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief on January 22, 2010 in New York City. She performed the song during the program, exactly before Wyclef Jean's speech and after Reese Witherspoon's call on the phone bank. The song is found on the label for MTV. Track listing " I'll Stand by You" (with The Roots)- 3:55 Other versions The song was also recorded by the popular Chicago area band ALTER EGO in May 2015 and released online for digital download.

The song was also recorded by Patti Labelle on her 2005 album Classic Moments. She performed the song as a tribute to Destiny's Child when they won an award for being the best selling female group of all time. She also performed the song on the NBC show 'Clash of the Choirs, where she had one of her choir members sing the lead vocals. Rod Stewart covered the song for his 2006 album Still the Same... Great Rock Classics of Our Time. In 2007, Marcia Hines recorded a version for her album Life. In 2008, Kate Ceberano recorded a version for her album So Much Beauty. American Idol Season 6 contestant Gina Glocksen performed the song in the Top 10 round. In 2009, the cast of Glee covered the song for the episode "Ballad" for Finn's unborn child. The song can be heard on the compilation Glee: The Music, Volume 2. The girl group "Belle Amie" performed the song in the 2010 X Factor finals.

Xenia and Sara Oromchi performed and recorded a cover duet of the song during the Battle Rounds of the first season of The Voice. One of American Idol Season 10 Top 24 Girls, Pia Toscano, performed this song, in which the judges made their first standing ovation of the season. Kim Wilde released a version of the song in 2011 as a bonus track on her covers album Snapshots". Girl group Fifth Harmony performed the song on the second season of The X Factor USA during Thanksgiving week. During the 12th season of American Idol, contestant Angela Miller performed the song. In a 2013 commercial for Progressive Insurance, characters Flo and Rob perform snippets of the song to promote Progressive's loyalty program. In 2013 Amber Riley covered the song for the Glee episode "The Quarterback" as a tribute to the character Finn who died prior to the episode and in recognition of the death of Cory Monteith earlier in 2013. Yunita Nursetia performed the song on the eighth season of Indonesian Idol during Top 15 Show.

Intan Rahayuning and Gloria Jessica performed duet of the song during the Battle Rounds of the second season of The Voice Indonesia. French contestant Aude Henneville performed the song on the first season of The Voice: la plus belle voix during Blind Audition. References ^ Byers, Michele; Lavery, David. Dear Angela: Remembering My So-called Life. Lexington Books. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-7391-1692-0. ^ "Billboard Top 100 – 1995". Retrieved 2010-08-27. ^ a b c Robinson, Peter (2009). "I'll Stand By You". The Singles Boxset (Booklet). Girls Aloud. London, England: Fascination Records. p. 19. ^ a b c "Girls Aloud help Children In Need". CBBC Newsround. BBC. 2004-11-05. Retrieved 2008-02-28. ^ "Girls Aloud – What Will The Neighbours Say?". Virgin Media. Virgin Group.

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To enjoy Prime Music, go to Your Music Library and transfer your account to Amazon.co.uk (UK). Fix in Music Library Sold by Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.. By placing your order, you agree to our Terms of Use . Customers Also Bought These Albums Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 Original Release Date: 1 Jan. 2004 Release Date: 29 Nov. 2004 Label: Polydor Ltd. Copyright: ℗Â© 2004 Polydor Ltd. (UK) Record Company Required Metadata: Music file metadata contains unique purchase identifier. Learn more . Total Length: 50:41 By A Customer on 14 Jan. 2005 Format: Audio CD As their debut was warmly recieved by critics and fans alike, the pressure was on for the 5 Popstars:The Rivals winners to create another album that as well as being innovative, would sell and perhaps gain new fans.

After releasing 4 songs already off this album (the no2 hits The Show, Love Machine, Jump and the no1 I'll stand by you) the girls finally release their sophmore album, after recently being given the title of coolest band in Britain. After listening to this album, you will soon agree. The album opens with the aforementioned singles. The 2 covers are amiable enough, but suffer when compared to the revolutionary sound of 'The Show' and 'Love Machine' When hearing these 2 singles, you not only realise the quality of music being made, but that you couldn't imagine any other band but Girls Aloud singing them. While nothing else on their album reaches the pinnacle of these 2 singles, most surpass the quality of the covers. Most of the album tracks were written by Girls Aloud, and songs like 'Deadlines and Diets' work so well as they are a comic observation on life. Many lyrics in their songs will relate to anyone who has experienced youth, especially a hangover or a drunken fumble.

Highlights of the album tracks are 'Wake Me Up' their next single and a Britney reject, which is a monster, turning the bassline up to 11; Hear Me Out, a moody and pleading ballad, the pure cheek of 'Big Brother' and the tongue in cheek message for fathers of teenage girls everywhere, 'Thank Me Daddy' Obviously other people's favourites on this album will differ, but the beauty of this album is that all of the songs are of a certain quality to enable this to happen. If you are still sceptical read any other review which will tell you the same; Girls Aloud have created one of the greatest pop records of 2004 Number 1 in 2004: Girls Aloud vs Destiny’s Child! 28 November 2014 Number 1 in 2004: Girls Aloud vs Destiny’s Child! It’s 10 years since Girls Aloud scored a second chart-topper, leaving Beyoncé, Kelly and Michelle stuck in second place – plus Gwen Stefani strikes out on her own.

Google + The latter part of the year is the time when things get serious when it comes to the Official Singles Chart, and the last weekend in November is when you’re likely to find a lot of new releases aiming to grab a Number 1 before Christmas craziness takes over. And ten years ago was no exception, with five new entries poised to crave up the Top 10. Destiny’s Child had staged a comeback two weeks earlier with Lose My Breath, but were cruelly beaten to Number 1 first by Eminem’s Just Lose It, then again when U2’s Vertigo leapt in at the top. But with new releases coming from Girls Aloud, McFly, Lemar and – quite excitingly – No Doubt lead singer Gwen Stefani, could Beyoncé, Kelly and Michelle finally make a push to the top of the Official Singles Chart? Not if another girlband had their way, no. Girls Aloud must have been thrilled to finally score another Number 1 after five Top 3 hits following their chart-topping debut Sound Of The Underground, 2002’s Official Christmas Number 1.

I’ll Stand By You was originally a hit for the Pretenders in 1994, reaching Number 10 on the Official Singles Chart. Girls Aloud’s version was released as 2004’s Children In Need single and zoomed straight in at the top, sending U2’s Vertigo flying down to Number 7. Outselling Destiny’s Child by almost 2 to 1, I’ll Stand By You meant that Lose My Breath had to spend another week at Number 2. The following week was no different. Girls Aloud remained at the top and Bey’s ladies held firm in runner-up spot – making it a month of being the bridesmaid for the group. Eventually, Band Aid 20 came along and broke up the girlband party. I’ll Stand By You spent a total of six weeks in the Top 10 – the seventh Girls Aloud song to land there – and has sold over 230,000 copies. Girls Aloud had 22 Top 40 hits, with all but one going Top 10.

Two more Number 1s awaited them: Walk This Way with Sugababes – another charity single – in 2007 and The Promise in 2008. As for Destiny’s Child, Girls Aloud’s victory denied them a third chart-topper to follow Independent Women Part I (2000) and Survivor (2001). Lose My Breath may not have made it to Number 1, but it’s still Destiny’s Child third biggest seller in the UK, with over 340,000 copies sold . Over their career, the band scored 12 Top 10 hits. So while the two biggest girlgroups were battling it out for Number 1, what about the rest of those new entries? Here goes the Top 10… 3: Lemar – If There’s Any Justice The talented Londoner came third on the first series of BBC’s Fame Academy in 2002, but he was the real winner in terms of chart hits. Among his haul of 11 Top 40 hits were seven Top 10s, including this, his fourth.

The Motown sound-inspired track didn’t advance any further, but it spent seven weeks in the Top 10 and sold over 200,000 copies. 4: Gwen Stefani – What You Waiting For? At this point in her career, Gwen had achieved 10 Top 40 singles, including a Number 1 with Don’t Speak, as lead singer of No Doubt, but wanted to see how it felt to be all by herself on that stage. Gwen had already had a taste of solo stardom thanks to a feature on rapper Eve’s 2001 hit Let Me Blow Ya Mind, but now she really was going it alone. Seven more Top 40 hits would follow, with 2007’s The Sweet Escape being her highest chart peak of Number 2. What You Waiting For? peaked right here at Number 4, selling 245,000 copies. 5: McFly – Room On The Third Floor The title track of their debut album was the band’s fourth single and consecutive Top 5 hit. They’d go on to have another 15 Top 10 hits, and their first 15 singles all went Top 10.

McFly have now, of course, merged with Busted to become… McBusted. Their debut single Air Guitar is expected to be a big new entry in this week’s Official Singles Chart. 6: Eminem – Just Lose It 7: U2 – Vertigo 8: JoJo FT Bow Wow – Baby It’s You 9: Usher – Confessions Part II/My Boo 10: Christina Aguilera FT Missy Elliott – Car Wash What Will the Neighbours Say?: Amazon.co.uk: Music Listen Now Buy: Â£0.99 Sold by Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.. By placing your order, you agree to our Terms of Use . Product Description Product Description Co-written and produced by Brian Higgins and the Xenomania crew, What Will The Neighbours Say?

features not only "The Show", "Love Machine", "Jump" and the 2004 Official Children In Need single, "I'll Stand By You" but 10 brand, spanking new tracks from the slinky, bluesy "Deadlines & Diets" to "Graffiti My Soul's" icy core of metal-machine noise to the mighty "Wake Me Up" which wields a synth-pop punch worthy of the B52s. Review Pop manager Louis Walsh has been struggling in the latest telly talent contest, X-Factor. He's had the indignity of having to vote out two of his own acts, and it's just possible that his remaining group, G4, might not enjoy chart longevity with their 'experimental' vocal renditions of pop classics. But at least Louis can take comfort in the fact that one of his other groups, Girls Aloud, have done so well in the last two years that people are beginning to forget that they're 'those girls who won that TV show'. Seven top-three singles later, now is a good time for Cheryl, Nadine, Nicola, Sarah and Kimberley to release their second album, What Will The Neighbours Say?

Things start off extremely well with their summer hit "The Show", a feisty, thumping track with a positively rude bassline. Play it loud enough, and you'll probably feel like you're in an earthquake - in a good way. "The Show" is followed by the upbeat but not particularly tuneful "Love Machine", although it does contain the genius lyric 'I don't wanna change ya / Making you a stranger / I'll only re-arrange ya for now'. "I'll Stand By You" is their latest chart-topper (buoyed by Children In Need) but it's arguable whether this cover adds much to the Pretenders' original. The album's other single is a cover of the Pointer Sisters' "Jump", featured in the film Love Actually. Twenty years on, this version updates the song nicely with a welcome return of those buzzy synth sounds and gnarly bass noises from "The Show". Good work. Sadly, after leaving the singles territory, WWTNS? settles into afairly predictable mix of well-produced tunes covering the various pop styles and themes.

"Deadlines & Diets" is reminiscent of All Saints' "Never Ever", and then there's the angry, 'rock' track "Wake Me Up" and the pleasant Spice Girls-esque ballad "I SayA Prayer For You". Like all decent pop albums there are some killer tracks and songs to suit every mood, but it does seem this one's unlikely to go down as a classic. Nevertheless, Girls Aloud are currently British pop royalty, up there with Busted, Blue and the Bedingfields, and What Will the Neighbours Say? proves that in the ultra-fickle world of TV-generated pop, Girls Aloud have real staying power. --David Hooper

Question: Which song was a top 40 hit for both The Pretenders in 1994 and Girls Aloud in 2004?
Answer: I’ll Stand By You